News and Information
IARC Reports "No evidence of an association between
bitumen fumes and lung cancer in asphalt workers."
July 10, 2009 - NAPA has just received a final report from
the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) which
provides the detailed results from a multi-year,
multi-country, very comprehensive study often referred to as
the IARC Nested Case Control (NCC) study. This final
phase of European asphalt worker research (mostly paving
workers) which began in 2004 was conducted by IARC in
cooperation with six European countries plus Israel.
At that time, NAPA elected to co-sponsor the research along
with other U.S. and European industry partners.
The above news represents a major achievement in efforts
to bring science to bear on the long-held belief that our
paving operations and workers are safe. Still, this is
not the end of the road. The IARC Monograph process is
the most pivotal step in this long and arduous process.
That health classification review process, which engages
scientists from around the world, involves the use of this
and other scientific studies to make a formal evaluation
used by regulators around the world. Currently our
best estimate for the timeframe of the Monograph is the
period between mid 2011 and late 2012. And much work
is left to be done in preparation for this process.
Click here to view the communication approved by IARC
for purposes of informing NAPA membership and answering
questions. Please contact
Gary Fore at NAPA if you desire further information.
Garcia, Lawrence, Pittman and Scruggs Named to New Executive
Board of GAPA
March 1, 2009, Macon GA — At the February meeting of
the Georgia Asphalt Pavement Association Dan Garcia, Vice
President of Reeves Construction Company, was elected President of the
Association. Mr. Garcia assumes the role immediately and takes over for
outgoing president James Camp, Jr. who completed his two year term on
Thursday. Under the direction of Mr. Camp the association has continued
to grow and represent local Georgia contractors with state, local and
commercial entities promoting the highest quality construction
standards. Mr. Camp will remain on the Board of Directors. During the
same election the other officers elected are as follows, Brian Lawrence,
Vice President of CW Matthews Contracting, Inc will be the Boards Vice
President, Arnie Pittman, President of Pittman Construction Company,
Inc. is Board Treasurer and Ferrell Scruggs, Jr. will be the Boards
Secretary.
Asphalt Pavements and the LEED Green Building System
January 28, 2009 — This brochure outlines the various ways which asphalt pavements may be used to obtain or contribute to LEED credits. (Download)
Asphalt Pavement: Meeting the Challenge for America
January 7, 2009 — The asphalt industry is ready to go to meet the challenges of an infrastructure stimulus package and to help pave the way out of America’s economic downturn. This new report from the Asphalt Pavement Alliance shows how.
Read more . . .
Reeves Construction Uses 40% RAP in Road Projects
October 17, 2008 - In July, Reeves Construction Corp., Georgia, completed its third project in the last two years using 40 percent or more reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP).
The most recent project was on SR 57 in Johnson and Washington Counties where the company did a day of paving, about 2,200 tons, using 40 percent RAP with the standard Georgia Superpave mix.
The completed project met all state requirements for smoothness and for air voids. Reeves used 5 percent crumb rubber along with a modifier. "Using the crumb rubber and modifier was critical to the process and made the paving go very smoothly," said
Wayne Marshall, QC/QA director for Reeves. The company had crushed its RAP and sized it through a 9/16-inch screen before using it for the project. All three of the high-RAP projects that Reeves has completed in the last two years are showing good durability,
including one road that carries traffic with heavily loaded trucks from two quarries in Macon, GA.
Young Leaders' Conference and Tour Breaks Attendance Record
October 17, 2008 - 75 executives in the asphalt pavement industry gathered in Atlanta October 8-9, 2008 to learn about the latest green technologies sweeping the industry.
The event provided an excellent opportunity for networking and included a hands-on tour of an asphalt shingle recycling facility at Dykes Paving & Construction Co. Inc. Featured speakers included Jimmy Camp, E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. and chairman of the Georgia Asphalt Pavement Association,
and Mac Badgett, Vulcan Materials Company, Chairman of NAPA. Young Leaders' Scholarships were awarded to two engineering students from Georgia Southern University. Jay Lemon, Chairman of the Young Leader's Committee, said following the conference, "I believe the event had an excellent format,
balancing technical presentations with practical tours. The format addressed many of the attendees' questions about recycling, warm mix, and other topics."
Read 2008 Conference Highlights
For more information on the NAPA Young Leaders' program, contact Sandy Palacorolla at sandy@hotmix.org.
New Publications Available from NAPA
July 18, 2008 - NAPA has released several new publications, including Rubblization,
Guidelines for the Use of HMA Overlays to Rehabilitate PCC Pavements, and Design of Hot Mix Asphalt Pavements for Commercial, Industrial
and Residential. To purchase these and other titles, visit the NAPA online Bookstore.
Downtown Connector project in Atlanta proceeds with SMA and weekend
closures
Atlanta, GA - June 16, 2008 - The merging of I-75
and I-85 in downtown Atlanta carries more than 250,000 vehicles per day,
making it one of the busiest highways in America. These highways carry
commuters to work daily and visitors to special events like Atlanta
Braves baseball games at Turner Field. Traffic planners decided to use
SMA for durability and to limit future construction. They have also
called for weekend closures of the road to speed up construction. GAPA
Member E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. will be using 168,000 tons of mix on
the project, which calls for milling as much as 8.25 inches of the old
road and replacing it with SMA and a porous mix as the surface course.
"We have paved with SMA a lot and it is very durable, said Jimmy Camp,
the company's executive vice president. "The DOT believes that because
we are using SMA, future projects will require only micro milling for
the surface course, leaving the SMA in place, saving time and money."
The 4.8-mile-project is approximately 50% complete.
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January 17-21, 2010
NAPA’s 55th Annual Meeting
Grand Wailea Resort, Maui Hawaii
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